Dumping-car.



J. H. BAISDEN, Jn.

DUMPING GAR.

APPLICATION FILED 11111.30, 1911.

Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

JOHN HENRY BAISDEN, JR., OF DOTT, W'EST VIRGINIA.

DUMPING-CAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 30, 1911.

Patented Aue'. 22, 1911.

Serial No. 605,497.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, .lonN l-IIcNnr lhisnnN, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Dott, in the county et Mercer and State of Test Virginia, have invented certain new and use't'ul limn'ovements in DumpiIig-(lars, oit which the following is a specification, reterence being had to the accompanying draw ings.

This invention relates to improvements in dumping cars, and means for operating the same, and consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinaitter described and claimed.

One object of my invention is to provide an improved dumping car especially adapted for use as a coal car, but also adapted tor use as a dump car for carrying any commodity, which it is desired to expeditiously dump or unload from the car, a t'urther object of the invention being to combine with the dumping car, means :for automatically operating the same to dump the contents thereof when the car arrives at the pit or point where it is desired that its load may be discharged.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 'l is a side elevation oit a dumping car constructed in accordance with my invention, a portion of one of the dumping rails being indicated in dotted lines and the brace plate being also indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is partly an elevation and partly a transverse sectional view ot the same showing the sides of the car in closed position, in full lines and in opened dumping position in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a plan of a portion oit the car, also showing the dumping rails. Fig. 4 is a detail central vertical sectional view of one end of the car.

The frame 1 of my improved car comprises a pair of longitudinal channel beams 2 and a pair of semicircular bumper beams 3 which connect the ends of the said beams 2 together, and form the bumper ends oi. the car. Semi-circular plates 41 are riveted on the upper sides of the bumper beams and coact therewith, to form plat-'forms at the ends of the car. A medially disposed brace plate 5 extends nearly from end to end of the car, lies in a vertical plane, and has its ends upturned as at 6. At the ends of the ear are standards 7 each o'tE which is 'Formed with a base S which bears on and is riveted to one ot the plates 1-, and is provided with a coupling arm t) which is spaced above the plate, and has an opening whicl alines with a similar opening' in the plate, and in the bumper bar to receive a couy'iling pin lO tor engagement with a coupling link il ol usual t'orm so that any number ot the cars may be coupled and uncoupled as may be desired. Each standard 7 has on its outer side, a medially disposed brace web l2 which is hollow. 'lhe ends el the brace plate 5 pass through openings in the standards 7 and enter the recesses termed in the brace webs, and are secured to the said brace webs by means of bolts l-l. The axles tt are mounted in bearings 15, which are bolted to the under sides ot the channel beams 2, the axles being provided with the usual flanged wheels lt, which operate on track rails '17. The body 18 ot the car comprises a pair of seetions lt), each ol which has substantially segmental end walls Q0, a curved bottom 21, and an outer wall 22 the said segments of the body being open on their opposing inner sides, and being also open on their upper sides. 'lhc segments ot the car body are pivotally mounted between the stamlards 7, pivot bolts 223 being here shown which pass through overlapping portions ot the walls Q0, oil the, said body sections, and also through the said standards so that, the body sections are thus mounted 'tor angular movement in a vertical plane, and may be raised and lowered. lVhen lowered the body sections close against opposite sides ol the brace plate 5, so that the said brace plate forms a partial partition or wall between the said body sections. When raised the bottoms oi the body sections move outwardly from the brace plate, and discharge the contents of the body by gravity through the openings formed between the brace plate and the side bars 2 oit the frame of the ear, as will be understood, so that the entire contents of the car may be almost instantly discharged by merely raising the outer sides ot the body sect-ions. The body sections are provided on their ends with straps or link bars 9A which are pivoted on the pivot bolts 23, and the lower outer ends of which are shown at 27 on a suitable radius.

pivotally connected to the ends of the sections of the car body as at 25. These straps or link bars strengthen the ends of the body sections and also strengthen the pivotal connections between the body sections and the standards 7.

l will now describe matically raising the sections or members of the car body so as to discharge the load therefrom. On opposite sides of the track, at the point where it is desired to unload the car, are a pair of dumping rails 26 which are mounted on suitable supports and which are longitudinally curved and extend above the plane of the track rails. The said dumping rails are also curved laterally as Each member of the body of the Car is provided on its outer side with an unloading wheel or roller 28 which forms a tappet element, and is here shown as mounted on a stub shaft 29 formed by a bolt, which bolt also engages a bracket aplate 30 which is secured to the outer side wall of the car body section or member. The unloading wheels 28 are disposed at such an elevation, that when the car reaches the dumping rails, the said unloading wheels engage one end of the dumping rails, and run upwardly thereon, thereby raising the members of the car body and causing the load therein to be discharged through the opposing openings in the frame l, formed between the beams 2 of the said frame, and the brace plate 5. As the unloading wheels pass over the highest central point of the dumping rails, and run down on the said dumping rails, they permit the members of the car body to reassume their normal lowered position. The same effect can be produced if desired, by backing the car, after its unloading wheels have reached the highest point on the dumping rails. Longitudinally disposed bars 8l are secured to opposite sides of the brace plate 5, near the lower edge thereof, and are provided with outstanding flanges as shown in Figs. 2 and 4l, which flanges are engaged by the bottoms of the body sections at t-he inner upper sides Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Washington, D. C.

means for autothereof when the said body sections are closed so that the inner portions of the bottoms of the body sections are supported and held by the said flanged bars.

From the foregoing it will be understood that by appropriately locating the dumping rails, each car of a train will be automatically unloaded as the same passes the said dumping rails, and by the forward motion of the car.

I claim zl. A dumping car comprising a frame, standards on the frame near the ends thereof and each provided with a medially disposed brace web on its outer side, said brace web being hollow on its inner side, a longitudinally disposed brace plate arranged in a vertical plane and having its ends upturned and disposed in the hollows of the said standard webs and secured to the said standards, a body comprising a pair of members each having a closed outer side and bottom and an open inner side, the said members of the car body being pivotally mounted on the said standards for angular movement in a vertical plane so that when the members are raised an opening is formed between them and so that when they are lowered their open sides close together and against opposite sides of the said brace plate.

2. A car of the class described comprising a frame, standards on the frame near the ends thereof, a longitudinally disposed brace plate connecting the said standards, angle bars on opposite sides of the brace plate and a body comprising a pair of members pivotally mounted between the standards, each member of the car body having a closed bottom and a closed outer wall and being open on its inner side, said body members, when lowered, closing against opposite sides of the brace plate and on the said angle bars.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiX my signature in the presence of two witnesses. JNO. HENRY BAISDEN, JR. Witnesses J. F. BRowN,

W. O. BILLINGS.

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